A Series of talks with the married
G. Derksen, Germany
Now, here is another question. The husband walks after the flesh, but the wife walks after the spirit. Will they be one in the spirit? No. There are families like this in our churches. Both are the children of the Lord. Both have repented, but he lives by flesh and she by the spirit. What kind of a relationship will be in that family? I will bring up one example. I visit young families fairly frequently – up to forty a year, so that I can see the condition of the family and give help where needed. Once, I was in a young family and the wife started talking to me. She said, “Look at my husband. He is so lazy that he does not want to read the Bible, or to do anything in the family. He doesn’t have any interest in this and he doesn’t care.” Yes, he was a born again Christian and a member of the church, but he didn’t have an interest for anything. His wife said so in his presence. I talked with both of them at the time, but after that I did not hear anything about this family because our ways parted. I did not have contact with them for more than twenty years.